At the end of this living room, a full-height library wall includes balcony access. The book-lined wall, wood ceiling, and wide-plank floor give the room visual warmth. Such a great idea for high ceiling homes to make use of that wasted space

Black tile with dark grout grounds other adjacent colors; for this Berlin bachelor pad, the noir-ish hue toughens up even a bubblegum pink cabinet color. Photo by Peter Fehrentz. This originally appeared in How to Design with Pink.